SmarterSpend Wins Award for Being a TOP Business Blog in Living Smart Category

Posted in General Finance by Kevin | Tags: , ,

After a year and a half of blogging and some great and unique articles, we have been recognized for our hard work with an award for Best Business blog (#22).

Free Excel Spreadsheets for Budgeting your Finances

Posted in General Finance by Kevin | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

A collection of great finance spreadsheets for Excel from around the Internet. For business and personal uses, including debt reduction, retirement, financial planning and more.

Worst CEOs of the Decade

Posted in Corporate by Kevin | Tags: , ,

In a decade with two gigantic recessions, many executives were faced with difficult decisions. Some saw their companies through the tough times and into a prosperous future, while others… failed. They fell flat into the ground, face first.
From those failures, a few stood out as disasters. Leading healthy corporations, they disappointed investors, shareholders, and the [...]

Hottest Franchises to Open in 2010

Posted in Corporate by Kevin | Tags: , , ,

Many of us have considered opening franchises in the past or are actively looking for one to open. Franchising has been around in the United States since the 1850s and there are currently over 1500 franchise-able brands. Approximately 4% of all businesses in the United States are franchises accounting for billions of dollars of sales every year.
There [...]

Balance your Life while Expanding your Business

Posted in Careers by Kevin | Tags: , , ,

Are you a small business owner? This article from Victor Matarasa, MBA is just for you.
If you are a small business owner, you have undoubtedly encountered the seemingly difficult challenge of balancing your business obligations with those of home and family. Being committed to both a business and family life forces us to blur the [...]

The Beginning of the End: American Capitalism

Posted in World Affairs by Kevin | Tags: , ,

The ongoing financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 will forever change the face of the United States economic ideals. Out of the ashes of double digit unemployment, trillion dollar deficits, and billion dollar corporate bankruptcies will emerge a new America. This America will be different in many ways from the capitalist country that rose to [...]

Seven Most Powerful Corporations of the Future

Posted in World Affairs by Kevin | Tags: , , ,

The year is 2019, the global recession has ended and the market has witnessed a great shift in consumer spending, buyer habits, and marketing.  Older businesses that did not adapt to this change were swept away in a wave of bankruptcies and buyouts. The larger of the top companies in the world will have revenues [...]

Creative Ways to Save Money for Your Business

Posted in Careers by Kevin | Tags: , ,

It’s money scraping time for most of us and businesses are no different. Budgets are being cut in almost every company to deal with lack of consumer demand and credit flow. If you have a start up or a small business, you might be a big victim of the present economy. Here are some great [...]

Subscribe for E-mail Updates

Enter your email address:

Sponsors

Navigate

SmarterSpend Sponsors

Contact us today for more info!

New on SmarterSpend



Hot Topix

The Library



Top Living Smart Blog


”The